Alan Wake is my first experience with a Remedy game. After hearing Ryan and Brad vehemently defend Remedy's long development time I got the feeling that this game was something to keep on my mind. After seeing the quick look I was sold. The creepy atmosphere that this game forces you to traverse is awesome. It really captures that Blair Witch Project vibe.  I'm also getting a whole lot of Twin Peaks in the mix. It might just be the logging town motif and coffee but it feels so close to being a direct steal as opposed to an homage. The environments are very obviously linear but that never really crosses my mind when I'm frantically running through it. 
 
The game play of Alan Wake is nothing extraordinary. Now I understand why Brad said that the game play ran out of steam. Even after two episodes I can easily see myself growing tired of the get axed in the back, spinning around, waiting, shooting, waiting, and some more shooting. Though I can understand that creepy shadowy gentlemen don't hide behind chest high walls and wait for me to shoot them in the face.
 
 This game is doing a great job of engaging my collector nature. I have a feeling that I'll have to roam through this game on Nightmare and retrieve all of those damn thermoses. It's a sickness that I just can't cure no matter what I try.